Philippines: NPA firearms, IED recovered after Zambo Sur clash

Government troops recovered an improvised explosive device (IED), high-powered firearms, and other war materiel following a clash against a group of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Wednesday. Lt. Col. Manaros Boransing, the Army’s 97th Read More …

4 Taliban militants killed while making a bomb inside a mosque in Ghazni

A premature explosion killed four Taliban militants who were busy making a bomb inside a mosque in South-eastern Ghazni province. The provincial government in a statement said the militants were busy making a bomb when the explosion took place, leaving Read More …

Hong Kong: student arrested in connection with earlier discovery of two home-made bombs at school campus

Police say they seized a batch of circuit boards that were of a similar design to those installed in two remote-controlled devices found in December A 20-year-old postsecondary student has been arrested in connection with the manufacture of two powerful Read More …

Home-made bomb delivered to Hong Kong police chief’s office in envelope

Hong Kong’s police chief received an improvised explosive device at his headquarters on Monday, though no one was injured and evacuation was deemed unnecessary. At an afternoon press briefing, police said the attack represented an “open challenge” and warned against Read More …

Man ‘caught making a bomb’ in sleepy East Yorkshire village

Wayne Rendle, 34, of Nettleton Garth in Burstwick, East Yorkshire has been sent for trial at Hull Crown Court accused of possession of cannabis, making an improvised explosive device, criminal damage and possession of an improvised explosive device. He will appear Read More …

The Oklahoma City Bombing: Its Aftermath and the Evolution of Soft Target Protection

Twenty-five years ago, a truck bomb detonated in front of a federal building, killing at least 168 people and injuring more than 680 people. How did enterprise security change after the event? At 9:02 a.m., on the morning of April Read More …

UK: Police investigations ongoing after controlled explosion of “improvised device” in Warrington

Police investigations are ongoing after bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on an improvised device found in a garden at Orford, Warrington, yesterday. A number of roads were closed around the Birtles Avenue area and homes evacuated following Read More …

Wounded Pakistani militant arrested, Taliban IED planter killed in Nangarhar

The Afghan forces arrested a wounded Pakistani militant during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, the local authorities said. According to a statement released by the provincial government, the Afghan forces arrested Zrar Hafeez, a Pakistani national who Read More …

Russian FSB detains teenager suspected of plotting school attack

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it had detained a teenager suspected of preparing an armed attack on a school in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. A sawn-off shotgun with ammunition, improvised explosive devices, communications equipment and personal Read More …

Germany arrests IS suspects plotting attacks on US bases

German police have arrested four suspected members of the “Islamic State” militant group, for allegedly planning attacks on US military bases. The suspects were also said to be plotting to assassinate an individual. German prosecutors on Wednesday said four men Read More …

Government’s response to virus spurred would-be bomber in Missouri, FBI says

A Missouri man who investigators say was planning to bomb a Kansas City-area hospital was distressed by the government’s response to the coronavirus crisis and motivated by racial, religious and anti-government animus, according to newly unsealed court documents. Timothy Wilson, Read More …

Philippines: Troops recover explosives in Maguindanao

Combined forces of the military and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and bomb components in a clearing operation in the province of Maguindanao, officials said Wednesday, April 15. Major General Diosdado Carreon, Joint Read More …

202 killed, injured since US-Taliban peace deal

202 people both civilians and security forces have been killed and injured after the US and Taliban signed a peace agreement on February 29 that encourages the militants to reduce violence, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said. The Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Terrorists Flee Kulgam Home, Leave Machine Gun & IED Material Behind

Police said the militants managed to escape after the first exchange of fire, sniffer dogs were being used to track them down. With terrorists activities spiking in the valley, Jammu and Kashmir police have now recovered one PIKA LMG and Read More …

Texas: Man arrested after officials find pipe bomb in his Universal City motel room

A man has been arrested after officials found a pipe bomb and other explosive materials in his Universal City motel room. Bexar County Fire Marshal Deputies, along with Universal City Police, executed an arrest warrant at the Super 8 Motel Read More …

PKK roadside bomb kills 5 civilians in SE Turkey’s Diyarbakır

Five civilians were killed after PKK terrorists attacked a group of agricultural laborers heading to collect wood in the southeastern Diyarbakır province, the governor’s office said in a statement Wednesday. The attack took place on the road between Kulp and Read More …

United States Designates Russian Imperial Movement and Leaders as Global Terrorists

The State Department has designated the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) and members of its leadership as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, the first time in history the Department has designated a white supremacist terrorist group. As President Trump has said, “In Read More …

UK: Bomb squad and police called to Tesco supermarket in Farnworth

A bomb disposal squad and police were called to a supermarket in Farnworth after a suspected explosives attack. Members of the Army’s Royal Logistic Corps’ Bomb Disposal unit were called to the Tesco superstore in Long Causeway at around 9.30am Read More …

Russia: Militant plotting terrorist attack killed in Murmansk

Law enforcement officers in the Russian city of Murmansk have eliminated a militant who planned to carry out a terrorist attack, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement. “Last night, the Federal Security Service (FSB) located an armed militant Read More …